Over the past two seasons, the Mountain View boys swim and dive team has experienced a resurgence at the state level, going from scoring 14 points at the Class 4A state meet in 2022 to amassing 132.5 at this year's event earlier this month.
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Mountain View set the tone for the boys' R2J City Meet when sophomore JJ Phillips surged ahead of Loveland in the final 50 yards of the meet-opening 200-yard medley relay, claiming the first of several event victories for the Mountain Lions on Friday at the Mountain View Aquatic Center.
Next Friday, the swim and dive teams at Loveland, Thompson Valley and Mountain View will converge on the Mountain View Aquatic Center to determine who the best team in the city is.
Mountain View swim coach Wietse Wullink looked out over the pool at the Mountain View Aquatic Center on Tuesday, where every lane was full, some with two swimmers, another with three.
He remembered just a few years ago, it wasn't like that at all.